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Question reference: S3W-37527

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2010
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 25 November 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of pupils has left school with a higher-level qualification in information technology or a related topic in each of the last 10 years, broken down by local authority

Details are as follows:

Table 1. Proportion of School Leavers with a Higher Qualification in Information Technology¹ Related Subjects, by Local Authority, 2000-01 to 2008-09.

Data for 2009-10 will not be available until after the publication of post-appeal statistics in March 2011.

Proportion of Leavers (%)

Local Authority	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Aberdeen City	6.9	7.9	6.6	7.3	8.1	7.8	5.6	6.3	6.4
Aberdeenshire	8.0	8.1	10.3	9.0	9.2	8.4	6.3	5.8	6.2
Angus	5.8	5.7	7.1	6.4	5.6	5.6	4.2	4.8	5.7
Argyll and Bute	6.8	5.7	7.6	6.4	4.8	5.1	5.1	4.3	6.6
Clackmannanshire	3.5	4.0	4.5	4.6	5.4	5.1	5.6	4.2	5.7
Dumfries and Galloway	6.0	6.7	6.7	5.5	4.9	4.3	3.8	3.0	4.2
Dundee City	7.8	8.1	7.9	9.2	9.1	8.5	7.6	7.7	8.1
East Ayrshire	8.6	8.2	6.5	8.5	7.5	6.7	5.3	5.3	4.7
East Dunbartonshire	12.3	13.2	13.9	16.5	15.8	12.5	10.7	12.6	12.7
East Lothian	6.1	7.4	7.9	6.9	6.6	6.3	6.1	4.3	7.5
East Renfrewshire	12.2	16.6	15.5	17.0	18.0	13.6	12.7	9.3	10.2
Edinburgh, City of	7.0	7.9	7.4	8.8	8.2	6.8	6.6	7.5	7.4
Eilean Siar	9.0	4.9	8.7	9.9	4.8	6.1	5.2	7.5	6.7
Falkirk	5.3	5.5	6.2	5.6	5.3	3.0	3.8	4.2	4.1
Fife	4.8	5.8	7.0	7.6	7.3	6.0	4.6	5.7	6.2
Glasgow City	4.0	4.3	4.9	5.1	5.3	4.6	4.3	4.5	4.3
Highland	6.4	5.7	6.5	7.4	5.7	5.3	4.5	3.9	4.4
Inverclyde	6.2	7.9	6.2	6.2	7.0	8.0	5.9	4.8	8.3
Midlothian	6.8	6.2	6.8	7.7	7.3	4.7	4.2	6.3	5.9
Moray	8.2	8.7	9.2	7.5	4.6	5.1	5.2	3.9	4.5
North Ayrshire	10.2	12.8	9.9	9.4	10.4	9.7	8.1	6.7	8.9
North Lanarkshire	5.7	6.2	6.2	6.6	6.8	5.8	4.8	5.7	6.1
Orkney Islands	3.9	4.1	3.6	6.8	5.4	1.4	5.2	2.2	3.2
Perth and Kinross	6.5	9.1	8.4	9.2	8.7	9.2	7.9	6.6	8.3
Renfrewshire	7.5	9.3	6.1	10.0	8.9	7.7	5.5	5.3	6.3
Scottish Borders	5.1	5.1	4.8	5.6	4.4	3.7	3.3	4.2	3.8
Shetland Islands	3.7	2.0	6.3	9.9	6.8	1.7	3.9	5.1	7.3
South Ayrshire	9.3	13.3	12.4	9.8	12.3	13.0	12.2	9.2	11.1
South Lanarkshire	7.4	8.8	7.6	8.4	8.9	6.8	6.3	6.5	7.5
Stirling	10.0	8.8	7.9	10.8	11.7	7.4	5.3	5.6	5.9
West Dunbartonshire	6.6	7.4	8.3	7.0	9.3	9.6	5.6	6.9	8.1
West Lothian	6.7	7.7	7.1	8.7	6.3	6.5	5.9	5.8	8.2
Scotland	6.8	7.6	7.5	8.1	7.8	6.8	5.8	5.8	6.5

Table 2. Proportion of School Leavers with an Advanced HigherQualification in Information Technology¹ Related Subjects in Scotland², 2000-01 to 2008-09.

Year	Proportion of Leavers (%)
2000-01	0.2
2001-02	0.6
2002-03	0.7
2003-04	0.7
2004-05	0.7
2005-06	0.6
2006-07	0.4
2007-08	0.5
2008-09	0.6

Notes:

1. Information technology related subjects include, Information Systems, Computing, Computing (new), Computing Studies (new), Computing and Information Technology.

2. The breakdown for Advanced Highers by local authority is very small.

Question reference: S3W-37543

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2010
Current Status: Awaiting answer

To ask the Scottish Executive how it measures whether there have been changes in the number of pupils participating in sport at (a) primary and (b) secondary schools

Question reference: S3W-37542

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2010
Current Status: Awaiting answer

To ask the Scottish Executive how it supports schools to enable pupils to move on from physical exercise to participation in sport

Question reference: S3W-37541

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2010
Current Status: Awaiting answer

To ask the Scottish Executive what activities undertaken by pupils outwith the school setting it classifies as contributing to the delivery of two hours of physical education per week

Question reference: S3W-37539

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2010
Current Status: Awaiting answer

To ask the Scottish Executive how it measures whether there has been progress in increasing the number of schools offering two hours of physical education per week for each pupil

Question reference: S3W-37540

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2010
Current Status: Awaiting answer

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it is making in providing pupils with access to two hours of physical education per week

Question reference: S3W-36012

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 September 2010
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 24 September 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost is of land acquisition for the construction of the Floak to Fenwick extension of the M77, including fees and other costs, (a) as estimated at project approval, (b) incurred to 1 August 2010 and (c) estimated for inclusion in the final account.

It is not possible to provide an exact figure for costs relating to land acquisition for the M77 Fenwick to Floak special roads scheme as all figures relating to the scheme were combined into a single project with the M77 Fenwick to Malletsheugh scheme. Records which show the estimated costs at the project approval stage no longer exist. However, land acquisition costs for the combined scheme are as follows:

(a) In 2002, the estimated costs were approx. £2.1 million

(b) The actual spend to date is approx. £3.2 million

(c) The current estimated final cost of land acquisition and land compensation is £3.3 million.

Question reference: S3W-36010

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 September 2010
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 24 September 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many compulsory purchases of land to enable the construction of the Floak to Fenwick extension of the M77 were (a) required, (b) outstanding at the date of completion of the works and (c) still outstanding on 1 August 2010.

(a) The compulsory purchase order linked to the M77 Fenwick to Floak special roads scheme required various plots of land from 34 landowners in order to build the scheme.

(b) At the date of completion of the works, final settlement of land compensation payments was still to be reached with all 34 affected parties

(c) On 1 August 2010, final settlement of land compensation was still outstanding in the case of 11 affected parties.

Question reference: S3W-36011

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 September 2010
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 24 September 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive when is the estimated date for completion of the final account for the construction of the Floak to Fenwick extension of the M77, including settlement of all associated compulsory purchases of land.

Question reference: S3W-31863

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 22 February 2010
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 3 March 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will bring forward proposals to reform conveyancing law and, in particular, procedures for disposals a non domino.

We intend shortly to go out to consultation on a proposed Bill that would convert ultra-long leases into outright ownership. This would implement Report No. 204 by the Scottish Law Commission on Conversion of Long Leases. The introduction of any Bill would depend upon the views of consultees and the availability of Parliamentary time.

The Scottish Law Commission''s Report and Draft Bill on Land Registration was published on 26 February 2010. It includes a recommendation intended to clarify and make technical improvement to the law as to when a disposition a non domino (i.e. a title granted by a party who does not own the land in question) may be registered in the Land Register of Scotland. I have asked the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland to undertake public consultation on the Commission''s Report and Draft Bill prior to our bringing forward legislation.

We have no current plans to bring forward any other conveyancing reforms.

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